point-of-view.ppt

??pointofview叙述视角DefinitionThetypesofpointofviewPointofviewNarrator:Anarratoristheonewhotellsthestory,oftencalledthestoryteller.(Thenarratorisnotnecessarythenovelist.):’srelationshipwiththecharacter;’’sknowledgeoftheeventsTypesofpointofview’srelationshipwiththecharacter:Thefirst-personnarratorThethird-personnarratorThesecond-personnarratorKindsofpointofviewInthefirst-personnarrative,thenarratorappearsinthenovelas“I”or“me”.Asecond--personnarrative,thenarratordoesnotactuallyappearandallthecharactersarereferredtoas“he”or“they”.Thenarratorisfreetobeomniscient,orselectivelyomniscient,:ReadersseeeventsfromtheperspectiveofanimportantcharacterReadersoftenunderstandthemaincharacterbetterDetriments:Thenarratormaybeunreliable---insane,naïve,deceptive,narrowmindedetc…ReadersseeonlyoneperspectiveSeesomeexamples."[ɑperi'tif]andwatchtheeveningcrowdontheBoulevard."--,storiesaretoldinfirstpersonplural,thatis,using"we"ratherthan"I".